The KF recently held their AGM
on June 14th at Woodbrooke in Birmingham.UK. We would like to share
some of the reports submitted by the policy board team. This is to give you
(IASK) a view of the current situation in the UK
Over
the past year there have been several developments in the “legal” area of the
KF.
1. Voluntary Accreditation: In line with
member’s wish for fuller professional recognition, we have begun to explore in
more detail the accreditation of our register. Discussions have been held with
the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council to explore the inclusion of KF
registered Kinesiologists on their government recognised accredited register.
The CNHC register is approved by the Professional Standards Authority. (It is
called a ‘voluntary’ register as we would do not have to be statutorily
registered as for example Registered Dentists or Nurses are required to be.) Exploratory discussions have also been held
with the Federation of Holistic Therapists (See
appendix A)
Appendix A:
Voluntary accreditation update
- Preliminary discussion with the
Association of Systematic Kinesiologists and research on other Kinesiology
professional bodies in the
- Meetings in March 2014 with
Margaret Coates, Chief Executive, of CNHC and a separate meeting with
Julie Tasker, who is on the board of the Federation of Holistic Therapists
(FHT), to explore the benefits of closer links to FHT.
Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council update
CNHC
are keen to receive an application from the Kinesiology sector in the UK UK
To
be accepted the KF would need to fulfil certain criteria such as; meeting
National Occupational Standards, having a code of ethics and conduct, have
professional procedures e.g. complaints procedures, monitor post qualifying
training requirements, be financially viable and legally secure. We are in
a good position to have our register verified by the CNHC; however, one area
that will need development is in criminal record disclosure.
There
are no costs, other than administration costs, to become a verifying
organisation for CNHC. The cost for KF members to join CNHC will be £60 pa.
Benefits:
Increased government and public recognition, potential access to insurance
schemes that support use of accredited therapists, possibility of being a
preferred supplier to government purchasers of complementary therapies. (The
CNHC started as a government sponsored organisation it has the best formal
links with government on behalf of the complementary therapy services sector).
As
part of the process to open their register to Kinesiologists, CNHC would
require the setting up of a 4 person ‘profession specific’ board for
kinesiology. The KF have had informal discussions with The Association of
Systematic Kinesiologists (who currently have about 20% of the registered
Kinesiologists in the UK
Federation of Holistic Therapists update
FHT
have been approved as a verifying organisation by the CNHC. This
means that registered Kinesiologists who join the FHT can gain access to CNHC
approved accreditation via the FHT. The cost of FHT membership is £60 per annum
(currently any kinesiologist can join FHT). Benefits: a significant benefit
afforded by FHT membership is their network of local support groups for
therapists. FHT also have an excellent range of training courses. A benefit of
closer links with the FHT could be the increased awareness of kinesiology with
other therapists and the marketing of Kinesiology courses.
A
potential benefit of the FHT membership is that the government may encourage
accredited and registered complementary therapists to bid for the provision of
well-being services at a local level. This ‘contract’ commissioning would
happen through GP commissioning groups or such-like. Given the scale of these
contracts it is likely that they would be awarded to multi-disciplinary groups,
perhaps facilitated by FHT or other private/voluntary sector
managers/providers.
Where do we want to
go to?
...Towards
the acceptance of Kinesiology as a health care provider worldwide, by the
general public and government organisations.
Future Social Policy context: (The opinion of Andy Cawley at the KF AGM June 2014).
For
the future development of complementary therapies, it is important to recognise
that there continues to be a growth of ill-health within the population e.g.
cancer is now 1:3 and is projected to be 1:2. This ill-health is primarily
lifestyle driven and is resulting in increasing numbers of people having
chronic and sometimes multiple health problems, many of which are starting at a
younger age. Whilst people are also living longer, they are living longer with
chronic health problems. Another issue for the government is the high cost of
many allopathic treatments and expectations of the public.
The
government are maintaining expenditure at the same level but are unlikely to be
able to match this growth. Already, we can see signs of system collapse as it
stands. The usual way public service manages resources is through the use of
eligibility criteria and it is almost certain that the government will use more
of this. If this is the case then the focus of the NHS will be towards treating
those in highest need leaving many lower level health issues for the
individual, family and voluntary sector to deal with. Indeed the government has
already begun redefining health with the “well-being” agenda. It is within this
context that the KF will operate. The KF is well placed to respond to
increasing levels of demand.
How do we get
there...?
By
maintaining high professional standards...Kinesiology National Occupational
Standards are adhered to by the KF for its training courses.
CPD and Training Development: this is
a constant topic of conversation within our training standards meetings and we
recently introduced Regional meetings that can count as 3 hours CPD. The first
meeting was held in February 2014, as a way of spreading the word of
kinesiology. It was decided as the KF policy board travelled around the country
for policy board meetings, an extra meeting would be organised the night before
to enable kinesiologists to workshop and gain CPD. The first successful meeting
was held at Oxford UK
Clinical Observation: Shadowing or
‘Clinical Observation’ is to enable newly qualified kinesiologists to gain
confidence and experience, and will be incorporated into the clinic hours for
Associates, TFH Proficient’s, and
anyone else who are aiming to upgrade to KFRP. Out of the 200 clinic hours
required for upgrade, 10 hours can be clinical observation. We would like to
put together a list of KF registered Kinesiologists who are happy to offer this
service. The proposed criteria is that the Kinesiologist must be at KFRP level
and have a minimum of 1 year’s experience at that level. A form which is in
progress needs to be signed by teacher/practitioner.
Membership Categories
Fully Qualified Status
Please could Instructors and
HOKs ensure that new students are given the full information regarding
Kinesiology training and the KNOS i.e. assessments, core subjects, clinical
hours etc. TS has received feedback that some students have been dismayed to
discover that they need to do more training to become fully Registered professionals with the KF after they have
completed their advanced training.
Associates
There has been much
discussion recently about whether Associates are upgrading to KFRP or are happy
to remain in the associate category where they can still have insurance and
practice without completing the remaining KNOS requirements. TS have been
looking at ways to encourage members to upgrade to KFRP so that we can continue
to maintain high standards of training and therapeutic practice. Linda
Hoyland did some research recently which showed that associates are indeed
upgrading. However TS have received feedback that:
·
A category is required for those that
intend to upgrade and a category for those who do not.
·
Only KFRP and upwards are classed as fully
trained Kinesiologists, and as such can apply to be Registered.
Energy Medicine
Mandie
has been very pro-active at instigating and holding talks with the UK Energy
Medicine representative, Madison King, about the possibility of UK Energy
Medicine practitioners being able to join the KF. The talks are in progress
with the new EM Director of Education and we are hoping to hear back from them
soon.
In Progress...by the KF Policy Board and Teams
New KF website in progress – contact Jackie Belton (jackie@jackiebelton.co.uk) in the
Communication and Marketing Team.
·
Local meetings to be encouraged and formed as a
‘spin off’ from Regional meetings. These local groups could attend local Health
shows together promoting kinesiology and their own business.
·
Log Books, by popular request are to be resumed
(as a downloadable resource on the website)
·
Reflective Practice...a document is being
produced to help members to record this
·
Insurance - there has been some confusion on
whether students can charge a fee for practice sessions. Balens have now
amended the KF Block Insurance application form to clarify that Student members
cannot charge a fee for practise sessions and case studies, but can accept
donations.
·
Updating Mentoring Documents - is in progress after collecting feedback
from current KF mentors
·
New
membership pack – a leaflet is being produced to be made available for
Instructors to promote joining the KF.
Who is
doing what... and how we participate with IASK...
·
Rachel Lead is prepared
to act as a liaison between IASK and the KF, until such time that another
person can be found to take on this role.
·
Research I have spoken to Marcia Fletcher findthecause@hotmail.co.uk who is very happy to link with IASK re research matters. I
will be forwarding some information from Marcia soon...
·
I will ask Mandie Gray
our KF Administrator to send IASK iaskboard@gmail.com the following in due course...
1.
The KF Ezine, any communication
and happy stories.
2.
Criteria for KF
Professional membership and categories
4.
Ethics and Code of
Conduct (currently being updated)
5.
Legal and Regulatory
Items
6.
Criteria for Recognition
of KF Training Courses/Workshops
7.
Kinesiology National
Occupational Standards –UK
8.
Statistics, ie
practitioners, persons seeking help, number of schools etc
9.
Anything else that the
KF Admin or Policy Board feel is appropriate for the IASK website
We of the KF appreciate
the efforts and hard work of the IASK board
KF Policy Board
Sue Keeping (Chairperson) - sue@natcare.co.uk
Andy Cawley (Legal) - kinesiologyinwales@yahoo.co.uk
Linda Hoyland (Training Standards) - lindahoyland@hotmail.co.uk
Rachel Lead (Training Standards) - rachelpbck@gmail.com
Jackie Belton (Comms & Marketing) - jackie@jackiebelton.co.uk
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